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Oakland Cleans Up After Protests

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There was plenty of strong reaction this week after a jury in Los Angeles found a white transit officer guilty of involuntary manslaughter for killing an unarmed black man in Oakland on New Years Day, 2009. Nearly 1,000 people took to the streets of downtown Oakland for mostly peaceful demonstrations, but some violence erupted after dark. A handful of businesses were looted and nearly 80 people were arrested. Reporter Tara Siler was in Oakland where businesses are cleaning up, and community leaders are taking stock of the city's response to the verdict.

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